Shoe sole



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To allwlwm'itmmyconoem: Be it known that l, James H. Shannan, ofBraintree in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, [acitizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Shoe Soles, of which the following is a specification.

This application is a division of application Serial No. 292,417,filedApril 24, 1919. My improvement comprises a sole made of rubber,rubber compound or other vulcanizable material, and is particularlyadapted for use on golf shoes. golf it is desirable that the inner edge0 jections which shall. enable the player uring his stroke to get a goodpurchase on the ground. 'OrdmariIythis is accomlished by loading thesole with hobnails. his is undesirable because of the marks which thenails make when the shoe is worn in the house- Also, after the shoeshave been worn for a show time the nails become loose often causingleakage to the shoe around the shank of the na1l,an.d the nails tend tofall out. My sole is waterproof, the hobs being integral with the sole.The hobs are resilient and being mounted on a relatively stifl sole.readily adapt themselves to the movements of the player.

My invention is intended to overcome these faults, and it will beunderstood by reference to the drawings in which its construction isshown in its preferred form.

Figure 1 is a plan of the wearing surface p of a sole embodying myinvention, partially in section.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the upper surface of the same sole, alsopartially in section.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. t is an edge view looking from the lower edge of Fig- 2, and

Fig. 5 shows the sole attached to the upfir to form a golf shoe.

shown the sole comprises a wearing surface A of rubber or the like fromwhich project integral therewith hobs or projections or whichmay becup-shaped. Preferably these hobs project difierent heights from thewearing surface A higher hobs being at the edge (see Fig. 3'). The hobsa are preferably formed with concave faces, having sharp edges, noted bythe dotted lines in Fig. 4:,

lln playing f that a canvas in order to lessen the cracking of the sole,the

as deso that they will have a cod ri or frictional hold on the ground? gp Tn the upper surface of the sole is preferably incorporated one 7 ormore strlps of canvas, heavy cloth or sheeting B (see Fig. 2) soarranged therein that their threads are at an angle to the a ms of thesole, that is, they do not run directly lengthwise or crosswise of thesole as described in the application of which thls is a division, andhence they do not tend to out into the sole or aid in any wa cracking. Asole in ordinary use ten 5 to crack crosswise thereof and it is evidentshould be so incorporated into the sole that its threads will bediagonal or at an angle to any oint where there is a tendency to crack.bus the cross threadsor filling wlll not weaken the sole in linescrosswise the axis of the sole.

At C is shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, and also in Fig. 3, arectangular piece of canvas. The shape of this piece is immaterial, butit will be noted that it is set into the solo at the shank so that itco-operates with the layer of fabric B at this point in stifibning the'shank, the two layers of fabric at this point afiording considerablesupport under the instep of the wearer. The fore part of the sole, notbeing thus reinforced and stifibned, remains suitably flexible.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A golf shoe sole made of a rubbercomound and having a wearing surface provided about its inner edge andits toe portion, only, with integral, resilient hobs, the

remaining part of said wearing surface being plain or smooth.

3. A shoe sole made of rubber compoundhaving a wearing surface providedwith hobs integral therewith, said hobs extendin along the toe and nearthe inner edge of said sole, those hobs near the edge of the sole beinghigher from its surface than those nearer the longitudinal middle of thesole. 4.. A shoe sol having a wearing surf its Til

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lltltl provided with resilient hobs integral therewith, said hobsextending along the toe' and near the inner edge of the sole, those hobsnear the edge of the sole being higher from its surface than thosenearer to the middle 'of the sole, said hobs having concave faceswhereby a secure purchase may be taken on the ground when the .outeredge of the sole is lifted therefrom.

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smooth wearing surface and being provided with integral resilient hobsabout its toe near its inner edge, whereby on turningthe shoe on itsinner edge as an axis the hobs will tend to adjust themselves to theunevenness of the ground and afforda firm purchase to the wearer of theshoe.

JAMES H. STEDMAN.

